Venezuela Sets Election Date

By

Kejal Vyas

Updated March 9, 2013 6:05 p.m. ET

CARACAS--Venezuela will hold presidential elections on April 14 to replace Hugo Chávez, who died earlier this week after his nearly two-year cancer battle, the country's National Electoral Council said Saturday.

Moments after the council's announcement, the executive secretary of the opposition coalition Ramón Guillermo Aveledo confirmed that Miranda state governor Henrique Capriles was unanimously chosen as their candidate.